[syslinux] Ugh on new bios.

[Jeff Sadowski]

It does but it only lets you choose HD, removable media and net boot.
Nothing that would allow me to boot the usb stick without completely
entering the bios. How stupid is that huh.

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:08 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> Jeff Sadowski wrote:
>> Just so others know. On my EVGA motherboard the option to boot
>> removable media didn't work on my usb flash drive with syslinux on it.
>> Yesterday I tried updating the version of syslinux and seeing if that
>> would wok. Frustrated with it not working I moaned and groaned and my
>> brother decided to look for options in the bios that I might have
>> missed. He couldn't find anything. But I decided to look at the bios
>> just a little more and wala. Under the regular hard drive options I
>> found my USB flash disk listed. Who would have guessed that they would
>> put it there. It kind of sucks being there because if I want to boot
>> my usb drive I have to plug it in and select it in the bios each and
>> every time.
>
> Does it have a boot menu (usually available by pressing F12)... that
> might be easier.
>
>        -hpa
>
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> H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
> I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.
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